Miracle? SEPTA Says It Has Funds For Smart Cards
Find SEPTA’s fresh press release copy/pasted below, in full [Emphasis mine]: “SEPTA Board Approves Plan To Advance New Payment Technology” PHILADELPHIA, PA (January 27, 2011) – The SEPTA Board today approved a proposal that will allow the Authority to fund plans for fare modernization under the New Payment Technology initiative. The board...
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SEPTA To Borrow $250 Million For…Stuff
At least those Silverline V Cars are (probably) a reality. Because now SEPTA is putting its money (i.e. someone else’s money, for now) where its railcars…is. The Inky says your notorious Pennsylvania transportation service will get $250 million from Wall Street’s bond markets and a bunch more in grants to pay off some dwindling projects. Ho ho ho: $208...
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The Phlog: Sleeping Under SEPTA’s Roof
A man sleeps under Walnut and Locust Streets near a subway stop as the temperature outside dips below freezing to 20 degrees (Photo: Matt Petrillo).
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DAILY GRINDER: The Black Panther Report Is Here
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights basically says the Justice Department screwed the pooch when it came to the new Black Panthers case in Philly. They claim evidence puts Holder’s Department of Justice’s story in “serious doubt.” While it sounds bad, the article notes that the report was adopted by a 5-2 vote and there are two Democrats on the commission...
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Your SEPTA Fail Of The Day: Coin Entry At Parking Lots
So, you could get into SEPTA’s regional rail parking lots using a card bought from a machine or ticket agent in the suburbs or wherever regional rail lots existed. For the ladies and gentlemen who used such a system, it was convenient, quick, very un-SEPTA. And we’re always at least a little impressed when SEPTA is un-SEPTA, as in, they expand service, they...
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Daily Grinder: More Daily Grinding Going On?
There’s more fail where the lack of Smart Cards came from: A SEPTA trolley collided with an SUV last night at 49th and Lancaster. Eight people suffered minor injuries. We’re actually surprised this doesn’t happen more often. [Philly.com] Blame Aaron Kase for this one: Tow Truck drivers can protest, too! And how, you ask, do they do it? By circling City...
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SURPRISE! SEPTA Loses Bid For SmartCard System
How’s that slow crawl coming, guys? After several innovations, like sorta witty commercials with references to Aaron Rowand, Wifi in stations and no publicly deceased passengers taking joyrids since the spring, SEPTA seemed destined for…destiny. We’ve detailed – and detailed – how they’d been promising a plan to fund their SmartCard system through...
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SEPTA Declares War On Slippery Tracks
After announcing how federal stimulus money has put 2,045 people to work for SEPTA, the Authority has new goals in its sites: Not allowing its trains to derail and result in the murder of all their passengers. A worthy endeavor if we’ve ever heard one. PHILADELPHIA, PA (November 8, 2010) – Classic fall weather has settled in over the Philadelphia region,...
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Nutter/Rendell Beg Obama Administration For Infrastructure, SEPTA Funding
The state of Pennsylvania has so far failed with every conceivable plan for fixing up its crumbling infrastructure – a gas tax, tolling I-80, raising the price of registering your car – except one: Begging the federal government for more money. It worked so well for that 2010-11 bullshit Pennsylvania budget, didn’t it? We only had to fire, what, 50 government...
Continue ReadingUPDATE: SEPTA Bus Kills Woman
Not Cool. Philadelphia Police say an elderly woman was killed when she was struck by a route 33 SEPTA bus in North Philadelphia Thursday evening. [KYW] The accident happened last night in North Philly, a 33 bus at 22nd and Lehigh. The woman was hit by the side of one of your accordian-style busses then dragged underneath. Apparently, SEPTA officials are investigating...
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